'''Fantasy Commentator''' was a fanzine by A. Langley Searles that was first published in the 1940's and ended in the 2000's.

+

'''Fantasy Commentator''' was a fanzine by A. Langley Searles (1920-2009) that was first published in the 1940s and ended in the 2000s.

−

''Fantasy Commentator'' with the subtitle, "...covering the field of imaginative literature..." , was a letter sized, stapled zine first appearing in 1943. Twenty eight issues were published between 1943 and 1953 in New York City, New York, U.S.A. Searle resumed publication of the zine in 1978 with issue 29 and published until 2004.

+

''Fantasy Commentator'', with the subtitle, "covering the field of imaginative literature" , was a letter sized, stapled zine first appearing in December 1943. Twenty eight issues were published between 1943 and 1953 in New York City, New York, U.S.A. Searles resumed publication of the zine in 1978 with issue #29 and published until the double-issue #57/58 in Summer 2004.

In its first incarantion, from 1943 till 1953, it was a publication devoted to [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. In the 1990's A. Langley Searle joined the APA [[Esoteric Order of Dagon]], and some issues of ''Fantasy Commentator'' were distributed in their mailouts.

In its first incarnation from 1943 till 1953, it was a publication devoted to [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. In later issues there was a return to Lovecraft and his circle and, in the 1990s, Searles joined the Lovecraftian APA [[Esoteric Order of Dagon]], and some issues of ''Fantasy Commentator'' were distributed in their mailouts.

[[Category:Zine]]

[[Category:Zine]]

Latest revision as of 14:18, 12 October 2012

Fantasy Commentator was a fanzine by A. Langley Searles (1920-2009) that was first published in the 1940s and ended in the 2000s.

Fantasy Commentator, with the subtitle, "covering the field of imaginative literature" , was a letter sized, stapled zine first appearing in December 1943. Twenty eight issues were published between 1943 and 1953 in New York City, New York, U.S.A. Searles resumed publication of the zine in 1978 with issue #29 and published until the double-issue #57/58 in Summer 2004.

In its first incarnation from 1943 till 1953, it was a publication devoted to H. P. Lovecraft. In later issues there was a return to Lovecraft and his circle and, in the 1990s, Searles joined the Lovecraftian APA Esoteric Order of Dagon, and some issues of Fantasy Commentator were distributed in their mailouts.